Bring On Your Wrecking Ball

"What does a Stoic say to adversity? To recessions? To pandemics? To setbacks and struggles and months stuck inside? To uncertainty and cramped quarters and a collapse of confidence? What do they say to the looming question that has so many people scared—'What if things get worse?'"Find out on today's Daily Stoic Podcast episode.***If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better. Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: DailyStoic.com/signupFollow @DailyStoic:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanholidayInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanholiday/Facebook: http://facebook.com/ryanholidayYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dailystoicSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. 📢 Share | ⚙️ Manage Subscription

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• 0:06Ryan Holiday?

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• 0:29Ryan Holiday?

  Bring on your wrecking ball. What does the Stoics say to adversity, to recessions, to pandemics, to setbacks and struggles and months stuck inside, to uncertainty and cramped quarters and a collapse of confidence? What do they say to the looming question that has so many people scared, "What if things get worse?" They say what the Spartans say. They say "if." They say what Bruce Springsteen said, "Bring on your wrecking ball. Come on and take your best shot. Let me see what you've got. Bring on your wrecking ball." Marcus Aurelius didn't believe that it was unfortunate that bad things happened to him. He said, "No, this is fortunate that it happened to me, because not everyone would be able

• 1:13Ryan Holiday?

  to handle it. But you can, because you trained for this, because you know how to find the opportunity inside difficulty, because you've harnessed the power of amor fati. Other people might be thrown back by what has happened. Others still might be able to muddle through, but not you. You are going to be improved by this. You're going to triumph over this." That's why you say "bring it on." That's why you say "hit me with your best shot," because you have plans to use it, because you are going to step up and make something out of this moment, because you know that it's the only part of this that's up to you.

• 1:50Ryan Holiday?

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